Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cc7930fe7e8280a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:28:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bf96519bb79ff1a93b69d390a83af182 SHA-1: 2fa557cd651bdf8f1392e8554cfc314726e6a7ee SHA-256: 8cc7930fe7e8280a2e114083ea498a9a6a71986cc1b3cc2048f38745ae6f59b1
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites, a common tactic for initial access via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

Heuristics 5

  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0ce7a9ebb---xiferixivapuwodimevufev.pdf
    • http://riasztoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/77342729780.pdf
    • https://12shio1.com/contents/files/66719374198.pdf
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/vemubig.pdf
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/forogefatiba.pdf
    • http://bernendorf.ru/userfiles/file/5340086681.pdf
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/fumigibimavunil.pdf
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/mivizoxosor.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607608102b757---34752476977.pdf
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896f975e981---fidekofuke.pdf
    • https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17845777870.pdf
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/65883400863.pdf
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqbr9p2307n2934kojmvnhmqv5/lubazefibop.pdf
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/vedawilipimewa.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b043f3fcb9---11437754247.pdf
    • http://recit-de-vie.fr/userfiles/file/pagiduvoniratadikif.pdf
    • http://donghotam.com/luutru/files/zemotasajavumitamivegixe.pdf
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/97320474732.pdf
    • https://cakkue.com/contents/files/lebafufilolep.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ca017086d---jotimogokujovepodado.pdf
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/funekaxiwapesoregeleluz.pdf
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb625c4f0413fdfd71b53393b55f8c00/tivukodibaragewijetipiz.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b2744139---labobopagabofagoj.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b2ca64a22---90090836037.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=clauses+and+phrases+showing+contrast+and+exception+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f834.bin
dfb3ab8ceff9d1d88bbd701634bbb80f9c8cfec21a3d37c6200271b45bca0ee3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF834 17388 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011289.bin
743f8ec27a9167b122dc98e90d9407cf5717caa86180ec46f8d61e1b170e2135
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11289 18888 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014385.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14385 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015b9c.bin
0c39485e7ae769d751c2da69635cc77963dbb4403eefbc3fc577ef49095af006
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B9C 11216 bytes